You receive a urine sample for culture in the microbiology lab.  The urine does not have preservative in it.  The lab is extremely busy and you will not have time to process the urine for at least two hours.  What should you do with the urine sample?

A wound culture shows the following on a BAP, what is the most likely organism?4+ small white gamma-catalase positive-coagulase negative-novobiocin susceptible

You receive a wound tissue in the microbiology lab, set up appropriate plates for culture, and perform a direct gram stain.  The direct gram stain shows small, faint staining, gram negative rods.  What are appropriate next steps to take with this culture?

Safety needles, eye wash stations, emergency showers, and negative air flow in the lab are all examples of:

The platelet count of the plateletpheresis donor must be what prior to the procedure?

Which of these techniques best helps to reduce infections with cytomegalovirus?

HPC transplant recipients require significant blood product support because they:

In the Kleihauer-Betke Acid Stain, how are the maternal and fetal cells differentiated?

Which protein surface marker is used to assess the concentration of HPCs?

Where is the antigen from and where is the antibody from in the crossmatch tubes?